Bibisco is an open source application for writing novels.
With bibisco you can organize chapters and scenes, manage revisions, export novels in PDF or DOCX formats, and write with a fully featured text editor.
You can create a novel structure, define premise, fabula, narrative strands and settings: geographic, temporal and social context.
Key Features
- Easy to set up.
- Organize chapters and scenes, manage revisions, export novel in pdf or rtf. And, of course, write with a fully featured text editor.
- Create a novel structure, define premise, fabula, narrative strands and settings: geographic, temporal and social context.
- Focus on characters.
- See how characters, locations and narrative strands are distributed chronologically and across chapters.
- Supports multiple writing projects.
- WYSIWYG editor.
- Full of hints and tips.
Website: bibisco.com
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Andrea Feccomandi
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Bibisco is written in JavaScript. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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